“Thelackof resources would further delay the completion of our renovations.” Noun ▲ Opposite of a quantity of soft material that fills or is used to fill something Noun ▲ Opposite of the state of having wealth “The lotto win would ensure that he would not be in a state ofpovertyanymo...
Further, this view is in line with a Pauline idiom, viz., verb followed by ὡς plus participle (of the same verb or, in certain contexts, its antonym) to compare present reality with what is not a present reality (cf. 1 Cor 4:7; 5:3; 7:29, 30 (three times), 31; Col 2...